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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Bunbury Music Festival Announces Lineup

Just when you thought you could finally get "We Are Young" out of your head, think again. The Grammy Award winning trio Fun. will be headlining the first night of this summer's Bunbury Music Festival. MGMT and Cincinnati natives, The National, will also headline the festival in July.

This morning, the lineup was officially announced for the festival. Bunbury is kind of Cincinnati's answer to Lollapalooza or Coachella. The three-day festival takes place July 12-14 at Sawyer Point/Yeatman's Cove. One-day passes are $55 and three-day passes are $110. Tickets can be purchased now on Bunbury's website. The tickets will be priced higher in June, so you might want to grab some soon if you plan on attending the festival.

In my opinion, Bunbury has succeeded in trying to compete with Lollapalooza this year. It's certainly a much smaller festival, but is packed with great bands for a portion of the price of a Lollapalooza or Coachella ticket (and no travel costs). I think in a few years it could become a strong force in the summer music festival circuit.

One of Bunbury's strengths is that is continues to showcase some Cincinnati talent. Walk the Moon, The Pinstripes, The National, Daap Girls, The Upset Victory, and The Harlequins all have Cincinnati roots and will be taking the stage this July. My only worry is that maybe the festival is trying too hard to create a "Little Brooklyn" in Sawyer Point. Chairlift, Bear Hands, and MGMT are all on the bill, which feels a little too 2008. Maybe the festival will find it's identity more once it's around for a few years. Growing pains aside, it's upward trajectory shows that it's a great asset to the Cincinnati area.

Check out Bunbury's official lineup here:

Friday, July 12

Fun.

Walk the Moon

Tegan & Sara

Devotchka

Tokyo Police Club

Youngblood Hawke

Delta Rae

Sky Ferreira

The Features

Red Wanting Blue

The Dunwells

Everest

Those Darlins

Beat Club

American Authors

Seabird

Buffalo Killers

Jay Nash

Josh Eagle

We are Snapdragon

State Song

Ohio Knife

Old Baby

Alone at 3am

Public

The Mitchells

Pete Dressman

Billy Wallace

Saturday, July 13

MGMT

Cake

Twenty One Pilots

Atlas Genius

Chairlift

We Are Scientists

Oberhofer

Robert DeLong

Civil Twilight

The Mowglis

Empire

Ambassadors

Vacationer

Bear Hands

The Pinstripes

You, You're Awesome

Ben Walz Band

Christopher Paul Stelling

Culture Queer

Black Owls

The Bears of Blue River

Messerly & Ewing

New Vega

The Ready Stance

Tim Carr (of Arlo McKinley & The Lonesome Sound)

Taylor AlexanderMargaret Darling

Sunday, July 14

The National

Belle & Sebastian

Yo La Tengo

Camera Obscura

Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears

Night Terrors of 1927

A Silent Film

Gregory Alan Isakov

Joe Purdy

Savoir Adore

Daniel Martin Moore

Benjamin Francis Leftwich

Gringo Star

DAAP Girls

The Hinders

Channing & Quinn

The Harlequins

Bethesda

The Upset Victory

Mia Carruthers

Mark Utley

Jake Kolesar

Ben Knight

Personally, I'm looking forward to Sunday's lineup the most. What do you think of this years festival? Let us know in the comments below.